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daddy

[dad-ee] / ˈdæd i /
NOUN
dad
Synonyms


NOUN
papa
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Gabe, 32, an artist, drag king and costume designer from the West Midlands is the self-styled "daddy of Birmingham drag" and discovered baking after watching the very first series of Bake Off aged 13.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

"My mother was a Democrat and my daddy was a Republican, so I’m a hypocrite," she quipped.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Nobody was in the club, and I went to my daddy and said, “Let’s go home, man. Nobody is in here.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Under a photo of Star with a cross-eyed expression, he wrote, “I love you, my daddy Michael. Your son, Blowhole.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

And then when I learned my daddy was gone, too, I slipped into a dark, churning river with no foothold.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

"This is about validating the grief of these mummies and daddies - putting it in stone that this wee person existed," she said.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2025

But they’re also doing something many child-free cat ladies and cat daddies can relate to on a scale that suits them – growing food, making butter, harvesting eggs.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2024

“I trust mamas, I trust daddies, to deal with the health care of their children.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 16, 2023

“Videos will be shown to the students including one where it says, ‘some kids have 2 mommies, some have 2 daddies.’

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2023

And daddies didn’t lie to their little girls.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

With Henry suddenly tired of daddying, the twins melted back into the woods with Wash every chance they got, taking Edgar along for their adventures.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez




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